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Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly Facts The Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly represents a highly endangered species of insect. It originally evolved as endemic to a very restricted region comprising four states in the United States. These consisted of Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, and Indiana. The beautiful Lepidoptera also remains one of the rarest known butterflies on the planet. Only […]Read More
Picasso Bug Facts First of all, the highly descriptive term of Picasso Bug serves as one of the common names of a visually stunning variety of arthropod. However, this marvelous insect also goes by the alternate common name of the Zulu Hud Bug. But most professional researchers know the invertebrate best by the quite difficult […]Read More
Jewel Wasp Facts Firstly, the Jewel Wasp serves as the common name for an extremely unusual species of insect. However, it also goes by another name, even more distinctive. This other name is the Emerald cockroach wasp. In addition, this invertebrate represents a rather solitary wasp in the family Ampilicidae. But, unlike many related species, […]Read More
Chinese Mantis Facts This specific variety of mantis goes by the simple common name of the Chinese Mantis. For the moment, the creature has no other accepted general names, unlike many of its kindred. The particular term, however, remains somewhat deceptive in nature. The official scientific name for the arthropod, though, is somewhat hard to […]
Red-Tailed Bumblebee Facts This beautiful insect quite understandably goes by the simple common name of the Red-Tailed Bumblebee. Its official scientific name, meanwhile, remains much more difficult to pronounce. That’s because it’s the known to scientists as Bombus lapidarius. Regardless of the term one uses for it, however, it’s a lovely and fascinating member of […]
Emerald Swallowtail Facts This dazzling natural marvel bears several common names, the most frequently used being Emerald Swallowtail. The other terms often applied to it, though, include those of the emerald peacock and the deceptive term of green-banded peacock. Its official scientific name, however, remains much more difficult to pronounce. That because professionals use the […]
Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Facts Though undeniably lengthy, the term of Salt Creek Tiger Beetle represents the common name for a remarkable invertebrate. Despite its length, that term actually remains more easily pronounced than that of the scientific name of the species. That’s because it bears the official name of the Cicindela nevadica lincolniana. By […]
Conehead Mantis Facts The highly evocative term of the Conehead Mantis appropriately serves as the common name for this remarkable insect. This marvel of Nature also goes by another name, though. That’s its somewhat difficult scientific name of the Empusa pennata. Regardless of which of these term you use for it, though, it remains blessed […]
Giant Water Bug Facts The highly evocative term of Giant Water Bug quite accurately serves as one of the common names for this relatively large insect. This behemoth of its kind also goes by the humorous, though equally accurate, common name of the toe-biter. Its official scientific name, meanwhile, remains that of the somewhat informative, […]
Giant Ichneumon Wasp Facts The attention-grabbing term of Giant Ichneumon Wasp perfectly serves as the most accepted common name for a distinctive insect. It does possess an alternate common name, though. That’s the comical, but accurate, term of the stump stabber. As difficult as the most often used term may seem, it’s somewhat easier to […]
Grizzled Mantis Facts The highly descriptive term of Grizzled Mantis serves as generally used common name for a most unusual variety of mantid. But that’s not its only name. Professional researchers likely know it better by the scientific name of the Gonatista grisea. Regardless of the name used for this mantis, it remains a most […]
Red Pierrot Facts The perfectly descriptive term of the Red Pierrot serves as the accepted common name for a beautiful variety of Lepidoptera. This small marvel of Nature remains better known to researchers by its scientific name, however. That term, remains that of the somewhat hard to pronounce Talicada nyseus. Regardless of which of these […]
Spiny Flower Mantis Facts As is easy to see, the descriptive term of the Spiny Flower Mantis forms the generally accepted common name of a most unusual species of mantis. Its much less pronounceable scientific name remains that of the Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii. But, regardless of which term one employs to refer to this magnificent creature, […]
